Published In
Environmental Science & Technology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2014
Subjects
Volatile organic compounds -- Oxidation, Nitrates -- Environmental aspects, Hydrocarbons, Atmospheric aerosols -- Mathematical models
Abstract
The secondary organic aerosol (SOA) mass yields from NO3 oxidation of a series of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), consisting of five monoterpenes and one sesquiterpene (α-pinene, β-pinene, Δ-3-carene, limonene, sabinene, and β-caryophyllene), were investigated in a series of continuous flow experiments in a 10 m3 indoor Teflon chamber. By making in situ measurements of the nitrate radical and employing a kinetics box model, we generate time-dependent yield curves as a function of reacted BVOC. SOA yields varied dramatically among the different BVOCs, from zero for α-pinene to 38−65% for Δ-3-carene and 86% for β-caryophyllene at mass loading of 10 μg m−3, suggesting that model mechanisms that treat all NO3 + monoterpene reactions equally will lead to errors in predicted SOA depending on each location’s mix of BVOC emissions. In most cases, organonitrate is a dominant component of the aerosol produced, but in the case of α-pinene, little organonitrate and no aerosol is formed.
DOI
10.1021/es502204x
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18768
Citation Details
Fry, J. L., Draper, D. C., Barsanti, K. C., Smith, J. N., Ortega, J., Winkler, P. M., ... & Lee, L. (2014). Secondary organic aerosol formation and organic nitrate yield from NO3 oxidation of biogenic hydrocarbons. Environmental science & technology, 48(20), 11944-11953.
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